NAICS 562920: Materials Recovery Facilities
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) operating facilities for separating and sorting recyclable materials from nonhazardous waste streams (i.e., garbage) and/or (2) operating facilities where commingled recyclable materials, such as paper, plastics, used beverage cans, and metals, are sorted into distinct categories.

ExioML sector: Secondary raw materials
Region: US | Year: 2022
Sector value added: 5933.11800297 M EUR | Employment: 44.7111754973 thousand persons
Sector GHG emissions: 4483282585.66 kg CO2 eq | Energy carrier net total: 21350.7866481 TJ | Carbon intensity: 0.7556368478455608

Company: Waste Management Texas Inc
Waste Management provides waste collection, transfer, recycling and resource recovery, and disposal services. Its sites include about 260 owned or operated landfills (the industry's largest network) and over 330 transfer ... Read More stations, and over 90 material recovery facilities.